Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Ever since he was 18, when he converted a surplus military rifle to a sports rifle, guns have been a way of life for David Eccles, owner of Eccles Shooting Sports here

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has ruled that Wicomico County resident James Deaton violated the Clean Water Act after digging a drainage ditch on his property

WASHINGTON – Days before the anniversary of the murderous shootout at a Colorado high school, Maryland’s Talbot County has been identified as having one of the highest rates of murder of parents in the country

WASHINGTON – When gunman Joseph Palczynski was loose in eastern Baltimore County for 10 days in mid-March, about 28 schools in that area went into lockdown, locking doors and windows and keeping students inside to keep them safe

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County is finding it increasingly easy to get wishes granted by the Maryland General Assembly, at the same time Baltimore struggled this session to get 16 percent of the $49

UPPER MARLBORO – They look old, their faces lined like tobacco leaves and, in summer, about as dark

ANNAPOLIS – David Shafer said he can’t make a living hauling caskets and bodies alone – he needs the dozens of road trips he takes to the Baltimore- Washington International Airport every month for his Cumberland-based limousine service to turn a profit

WASHINGTON – Although last summer’s severe weather kept average prices down for the second year in a row at the Maryland tobacco market, foreign buyers continued to pay a premium for top-grade leaf, industry officials said

WASHINGTON – For the first time in modern history, low-income Maryland taxpayers have a greater chance of being audited than higher-income individuals, according to a study released this week

WASHINGTON – The federal government spent an average of $8,119